Largest city in Kentucky. Well known for Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Louisville Slugger and Bourbon. Has a great art scene~ including Louisville Ballet, Mellwood Art Center, Speed Museum, Trolley Hop and more. CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER has named 21c Museum and hotel #1 in the United States (#6 in the world) twice!

*You've shovelled 10+ inches of snow and worn shorts in the same week.

*When people ask what school you went to, they don't mean Vanderbilt, Yale, or Harvard; they mean Ballard, Male, Manual, Trinity, St. X., Assumption, Sacred Heart...

*You know what the Bambi Walk is.

*You say let them have their Starbucks; you've got Highland Coffee.

*Your last ten vacations were in Panama City or Destin.

*You make an emergency run to Kroger for bread and milk at the first sighting of a snowflake.

*You've lived here for years and know the place like the back of your hand, yet somehow you get hopelessly lost each time you attempt a shortcut through Cherokee Park.

*You hold up traffic to let a motorist you don't know into your lane.

*You give directions based on landmarks that no longer exist or street names that have changed, but your directions never confuse any of the other Louisvillians.

*You have never been to the Derby, but wouldn't miss the Oaks.

*You think all the REAL hicks live in New Albany.

*You think the only thing Southern Indiana is good for is buying pumpkins.

*When introduced to another life-long Louisvillian, you spend the first part of the conversation finding out how you are connected. It's never as many as six degrees of separation - usually two or three will do it.

*You think a pervert is someone who would rather have sex than watch basketball.

*You can read about Rick Pitino in at least three different sections of your newspaper, and you either love or hate this fact with a passion.

*You think the rest of the world knows what Benedictine spread is.

*You think the rest of the world knows what a Hot Brown is.

*You want another bridge built over the Ohio River, just so long as it doesn't cut through YOUR neighborhood.

*Whenever an out-of-towner makes a comment about Louisville being small, you immediately jump on them with, "It's the 16th biggest city in the country!"

Conveniently located in the state that gave the world bourbon, Louisville's bars stay open till 4:00-- Unlike its faceless neighbor to the north, where they mostly drink smirnoff at crappy local shows until everyone goes home at 2.

Where to begin, Oh well I would first like to say that Louisville AKA Gateway City to the South is a Southern city always has been and always will be. It's the nations 16th largest city, with a black population of 140k (23RD LARGEST). It's most known for the Kentucky Derby attracted over 100K each year, which does not include the MASSIVE party in the West End off Broadway (the black hang out). It's also known for fried chicken hence Connel Sanders KFC. So don't hate on my city if it's not liberal enough or what ever else please go North of the Mason Dixon Line (The Ohio River).

Louisville is a redneck mecca especially in the Portland area and other residential areas downtown.